– Why is achohol so potent on breath but nothing else seems to be? You don’t pass a random on the street and are like, dayum that guy been eating grilled cheese.

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– Why is achohol so potent on breath but nothing else seems to be? You don’t pass a random on the street and are like, dayum that guy been eating grilled cheese.

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When a person fasts and pushes their body into ketosis, they develop keto breath. This is because your body starts to break down fat and produce volatile fatty acids to burn for energy. These can be smelled on the breath. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatile_acid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatile_acid)